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Re: My camper is in the river now
3oaks wrote: DownTheAvenue wrote: moebedick wrote: Please,hire your own Public Adjuster to work in your behalf. I have had experiences dealing with insurance companies that have taught me well. We had a water pipe break (couldn't get to main shut off when running out to airport limousine,thought,what's the worst that could happen?) and had 150,000 gallons of water (measured by meter) flow down through the house in ten days. Insurance offered us $80,000 in compensation and dug their heels in. I hired an adjuster to negotiate,and the final settlement totaled $273,000! He was worth every cent we paid. I'm sorry for the predicament you've been thrust into,but don't rush to settle. Bumpy road is absolutely right. You should feel "reasonably" compensated. If not,fight back. You left your house for 10 days knowing you had a broken water pipe spewing water inside? WOW! You were lucky the insurance company paid anything, as you have an absolute duty to mitigate damage and that would have been to turn off the water. I am sorry you had to deal with that but glad it did seem to work out. I thought that I was the only one that caught that. It's no wonder why everybody's insurance premiums are sky rocketing when the insurance companies payout for that kind of NEGLECT! Where does it say they left with a broken pipe spewing water into the house? Sounds more like someone left on vacation and was needing to get out the door fast because their ride was waiting, and decided they didn't have time to turn the valve at the meter and it was a low risk. Turns out they were wrong and a pipe broke while they were away, and 150,000 gallons later, they got home to find a huge mess.388Views0likes0CommentsRe: A crazy idea. Has anyone tried this.
We went the cheap & easy route. I bought a pair of Kindle Fire tablets ($40/each) and a pair of 32GB memory cards ($12/each) and then preloaded each with some movies, TV shows, and games. We try to avoid using the tablets at all when we're camping, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do, and as a distraction they are super effective. However, If I were doing it again, I'd consider just getting refurbed iPad Minis from a couple generations back. A bit more expensive, but I'm growing weary of the Android/FireOS media management. Even when it works correctly it's a PITA, and I run into a lot of buggy behavior. Eventually gets the job done, but I think my sanity might be worth ponying up a few more bucks for the Apple tablets.322Views0likes0CommentsRe: F150 Towing mirror add-ons?
I have the CIPA add-ons for my F150. A lot of people like them, which is why I chose them (and at the time, it felt like the money spigot was turned on full-blast, and I was trying to rein it in and keep from going bankrupt...). They're minimally effective, but I am not really satisfied, I wish I had just ponied up for the big OE mirrors (or copies at least) from Ford.541Views0likes0Comments
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